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Scotland day 4 – Lower Tummel

Wednesday started slightly slower than the previous days – partly due to not leaving the pub until almost 0100 and partly due to no decision having been made as to which river to paddle today. Eventually we chose to head to Etive, but that was quickly changed to the Braan Gorge. Around 0900 we finally

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Scotland day 3 – Middle Orchy and Arkaig

Waking up we were somewhat surprised to see the ground around our chalets covered with snow. Now, seeing the ground all white was not helping with the motivation for getting all cold and wet on river! Negating this, we headed across to the Orchy. Upon arrival the motivation was no higher and only half the

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Scotland day 1 – the Blackwater

The remainder of the journey to our accommodation in Roy Bridge was fairly uneventful, with just the heavy rain to contend with. Following dinner, we headed to the pub for a swift drink, which very quickly turned into considerably more than just the one. Having decided to head east to the Blackwater today, and with

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Scotland here we come…

The time has come around again to head north to the land of bagpipes and haggis – Scotland. The outlook for the week is considerably different to the low water levels were had last year. The west coast has seen a generous helping of rain over the last week or so which has seen some

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